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NewsSeven Cocktail Bars to Dip Into When You Don't Want the Night to End Yet
Nip in for a nightcap at these top bars.
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NewsSeven Melbourne Venues Are Transforming Into International Holiday Destinations for Summer
Sip frozen margaritas surrounded by cacti, eat karaage chicken under cherry blossom trees and wear flower crowns on a Coachella-inspired rooftop.
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NewsBen & Jerry's and Uber Eats are Delivering Free Ice Creams to Celebrate the Start of Summer
You'll have to hunt down a code via Instagram first — and the giveaway is on offer in different cities on different days.
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NewsThree Blue Ducks' First Melbourne Outpost Has Made Its Home at Urbnsurf
You can eat vibrant farm-to-table dishes and sip sustainably focused drinks, overlooking a two-hectare surf lagoon, at this new Melbourne spot.
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NewsFour Simple Tequila Spritzes to Whip Up for Your Next Summer Fiesta
Liven up your summer drinks list with these easy-to-make cocktails.
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NewsZymurgy Is Footscray's New Outdoor Bar from the Minds Behind Hop Nation and Navi
This al fresco eatery celebrates the art of fermentation with elevated barbecue fare and local craft booze.
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GuideThe 40 Best Bars in Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive wine collection, a luxe date-night spot or a place to have a little boogie, these are our picks for the best bars in Melbourne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Coffee in Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're a coffee snob or an extra-weak latte lover, these top Melbourne coffee roasters and brewers will have what you need.
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GuideThe 21 Best Wine Bars in Melbourne for 2025
A guide for any wine lover in Melbourne, whether you want strictly organic, biodynamic and local drops or you don't really care — as long as they taste good and don't cost a fortune.
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GuideMelbourne Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails — these top Melbourne date spots will help you to start planning the perfect Valentine's Day.
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GuideThe Best Bars in Melbourne with Beer Gardens and Boozy Courtyards for 2025
Save cosy pub corners for the depths of winter — it's time to drink a brew out in the open at these fab Melbourne beer gardens.
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GuideThe 15 Best Sports Bars and Pubs in Melbourne for 2025
These Melbourne bars and pubs play local and international sporting matches live and loud throughout the week — from AFL, NRL and cricket to soccer, tennis, boxing and basketball.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Bars of 2024
Sprawling breweries, neighbourhood pubs, CBD cocktail spots and cosy wine bars — they’ve all grabbed your attention so far this year.
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NewsEight Melbourne Parks Fit For a BYO Booze Picnic (and Where to Pick Up Snacks Beforehand)
Head to the park for a boozy picnic with the finest snacks you can find along the way.
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GuideThe Best Brewery Bars in Melbourne for 2024
Sip chilled pints just metres from away where the beer was was brewed at these much-loved taprooms.
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GuideThe 22 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This list of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
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FeatureThe Cake Tales
This year, more than ever, we've learned to appreciate life's small pleasures.
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NewsBass and Flinders Has Released a Spiced Christmas Brandy If You Need Something to Sip with Pudding
It's made with spices such as nutmeg, clove and cardamom, plus dried currants, cranberries and apricots.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Luxe Picnic Hampers to Help You Make the Most of Summer
Level up your next afternoon park session with dips, artisanal crackers, mini desserts and six bottles of Aussie vino.
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NewsHemingway's Wine Room Is East Melbourne's New Art Deco-Inspired Bar and Brasserie
The bar features cushy red banquettes, chic Euro-accented fare and a cocktail list filled with Ernest Hemingway favourites.
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NewsQueensland Is Now Home to a Self-Guided Wine Trail That Showcases More Than 70 Wineries
And vineyards and cellar doors, too — spanning from Scenic Rim to the Sunshine Coast.
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BarHotel Mexico
238 Whitehall Street, Yarraville
Hotel Mexico is Yarraville's huge group hang spot that's made for margarita-fuelled sessions.
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BarBendigo Hotel Collingwood
125 Johnston Street, Collingwood
Collingwood's legendary live music pub The Bendigo Hotel is back in action thanks to The Mill Brewery Crew.
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BarPunters Club
376 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Millennials and Gen Zs might lament the loss of Kewpie, but Gen X music lovers will rejoice in seeing this old boozer return to Brunswick Street.
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CafeMork Chocolate Looking Glass
13 Centre Place, Melbourne
The site is showcasing the team's unconventional chocolate bars, elaborate drinking chocolates that never made it onto the menu, chocolate cocktail pairings and creative desserts.
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BarWindsor Wine Room
60 Chapel Street, Windsor
Keep it classic with a rosé matched with burrata and oysters, or get a bit more playful by pairing a natty number with jerusalem artichoke and hazelnut gnocchi.
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BarChampagne Problems
238 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s Disco Diner but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.
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BarGreenhart Camberwell
1226 Toorak Road, Camberwell
This Melbourne wine bar is straying away from the usual European influences, instead showing how contemporary Asian food and Australian wines can be a perfect pairing.
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RestaurantHotel Lona
473 Nepean Highway, Frankston
A two-level venue with a restaurant, public bar and rooftop in one of Frankston’s oldest buildings.
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BarMoon Dog Wild West
54 Hopkins Street, Footscray
Make your way through the swinging saloon doors to find bucking bulls, arcade games, pool tables, a dog-friendly rooftop, and food and drinks aplenty.
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NewsYou Can Now Hang Tiny Bottles of Booze From Your Christmas Tree If You're Keen to Feel Extra Festive
They're Christmas baubles, and they're filled with ready-to-drink cocktails.
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NewsEverleigh-After Is the New Multi-Sensory Melbourne Dining Series Popping Up in a Futuristic Cube
This true feast for the senses is a collaboration between The Everleigh, Peter Gunn and new creative culinary concept SSIXX.
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NewsCraft Cartel Liquor Has Created Australia's Largest Case of Craft Beer for an Extra Merry Christmas
The giant timber box comes with 100 tinnies from 25 of Australia's best-loved indie breweries.
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NewsHospitality and Other Casual Workers Will Get Sick Pay Under a Two-Year Victorian Government Trial
The State Government-funded trial will see casual workers provided with up to five days of paid sick or carers leave.
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NewsNew Year Street Feasts Is Melbourne's New Citywide End-of-Year Food Festival
The inaugural two-day festival features 11 outdoor dining precincts and dozens of top local restaurants.
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NewsKitKat Has Released Christmas Feast-Themed Packs with Baked Ham and Pudding-Flavoured Chocolates
There's also a prosciutto, melon and champagne variety — and honey glazed carrots.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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NewsTop-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three WA Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020
Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.
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NewsTop-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three SA Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020
Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.
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GuideNine Summery Courtyards for When You Want to Kick Off Cocktail Hour Before Dark
Start the night with an openair old-fashioned or a sunset sour.
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NewsGum Is Collingwood's New 70s-Themed Tiny Pub with Retro Cocktails and Pies
You can pair Big Mac pies with banana cream daiquiris at Johnston Street's newest venue.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Been Named the World's Best Gin Producer for a Second Year
The Yarra Valley-based distillery took out top honours again at the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London.
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NewsYou Can Now Get DIY Gelato Messina Cocktail Kits Delivered to Your Door Just In Time for Summer
Cocktail Porter will deliver receive everything you need to make dulce de leche espresso martinis — or gin-fuelled coconut and lychee piña coladas.
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NewsThis Sydney Pub Is Now Serving Up 'Super Schooners' That Let You Carry Four Beers At Once
They're comprised of four wedge-shaped glasses, that bunch together to resemble one huge schooner.
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NewsFive Ways You Can Transform Your Outdoor Space for Parties This Summer
Make your get-together feel extra special this summer.
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NewsAn Openair Beer Garden Has Landed on the Rooftop of The Prince Hotel's Car Park
Enjoy gin cocktails, deep-pan pizzas and beer icy poles while overlooking the bay at this pop-up bar.
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NewsThe Mighty Is Moonee Ponds' New Three-Level Temple of Aussie Craft Booze
This light-filled, 14-tap gastropub is from the drinks collective behind Jetty Road Brewery, Brogan's Way and more.
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NewsNestle Has Announced the New Names for Two of Its Classic Allen's Lollies
Those chewy red lollies are now Red Ripper and the brand's chocolate-flavoured, people-shaped candy are Cheekies.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Bottle of Glenmorangie's New Cake-Inspired Whisky
Get experimental with this limited-edition single malt scotch in your own home.
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NewsAttica Is Opening a Sprawling New Restaurant in the Yarra Valley This Summer
The fun and casual Attica Summer Camp will kick off a five-month stint in this December.
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NewsA Two-Day Food and Wine Celebration Is Coming to Melbourne for New Year's Eve
The NYE fireworks will not go ahead this year, but, instead, Melbourne will be filled with European-inspired pop-up dining precincts.
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NewsThe Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Has Released a Gin with All Profits Going to Bushfire Recovery
Only 1000 bottles of the special gin are available.
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NewsLittle Prince Wine Is the New Euro-Chic Bar and Cellar Inside The Prince Hotel
The final piece of the hotel's hefty four-year refurb features a 4000-strong wine collection and an elegant underground cellar.
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NewsA $1.3-Million Rooftop Bar Has Just Opened Atop Richmond's Harlow Pub
The expansive space offers sweeping city views, cocktails in bags and bottomless weekend brunches.
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NewsKilljoy Drinks Is Australia's Soon-to-Launch Curated Online Store for Non-Alcoholic Beverages
It's set to launch in December — just in time for the festive season.
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NewsDeliveroo Is Delivering $1 Meals Across Australia This Week to Celebrate Its Fifth Birthday
And it isn't charging to bring them to your door, either.
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NewsThese Four Wine Venues Have Been Named Australia's Best by the 2020 Wineslinger Awards
Wine lovers in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Geelong, rejoice.
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NewsAward-Winning Restaurant Attica Is Offering Intimate Ten-Person Dinners for a Limited Time
The dinners will run until mid-December — and cost a cool $5000 per table.
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NewsCalia Has Opened the Doors to Its New Two-Storey Emporium Site
It's home to a gourmet grocer, modern Japanese restaurant and coffee bar.
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NewsWestfield Doncaster Is Now Home to a $30-Million Rooftop Food Precinct with a DIY Okonomiyaki Joint
It's home to 14 eateries, including an all-pink pretzel shop, a Betty's Burgers, a bubble tea joint and a pizzeria.
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NewsThese 18 Beers, Wines and Spirits Have Just Been Voted Australia's Favourite Local Drops
BWS asked Aussies to pick their top homegrown sips as part of its nationwide Local Luvvas initiative.
